there is a great new virtual hang-out
called create a connection
that offers prompts and ideas and support...
by some of my favorite bloggers!
it is hosted by melba
and you should totally check it out!

deb r from red shoes rambling is a guest blogger
for wednesdays
and she offered this prompt for "getting to know you"
so here goes:

1. I have never wanted to _hunt_ ; but I've always thought I might like to __rock climb_.

2. When I was _15_years old, I believed _in santa_ .

3. If I was my own best friend, what I would enjoy the most about spending time with Me would be __that i can be interesting__; while what I'd find the most irritating would be that i have
a tendency to be anti social .

4. If the story of my life up to this point was being published tomorrow, it would be titled "_inside out and upside down" and it would be dedicated to _my husband .

5. When my time on Earth is over, and the people who loved me are remembering me, it would please me if they said _they genuinely missed me, that i touched their life in some way .


wow.
i have to say,
that was a lot harder than i expected it to be...
i think i should have waited until i had been
awake a little bit longer
before attempting that...

now go create a connection!

so.

christmas is over,
the tree is down and out.
new year's eve is a past event.

i don't know what is wrong with me,
why i feel this way,
so quiet
and sad
even...

i don't feel the urge to type
or put pen on paper.

post holiday blues?
coupled with PMS?

i'll wait for it to pass.

justification.

ok...
i know i haven't been here
but here's a few reasons why:


old stairs.


new stairs!!!

making christmas cards

painting presents

wrapping presents


the idea for the christmas town card came from mary engelbreit's home companion
dec 05/jan 06 issue....it is actually a kit you can purchase from paper source
however this one is a little more put together on my own but using their
fantastic idea....

the tags on the presents are from martha stewarts holiday handmade gifts
special issue...they were made for the tree in the magazine but i love how
they turned out as tags...every year i try to come up with something
new for tags and this was perfect!

so...
if you have been wondering where i have been...
i have been cutting, pasting, gluing, dabbing, cursing, giggling,
clapping my hands, frowning, singing christmas songs,
attending kids nativity plays and christmas concerts,
baking cookies, making gingersnaps, sweeping up sawdust,
watching christmas specials, knitting on the damned death
blanket, sweeping up pine needles mixed in with sawdust,
making paper chains, saying "not around the tree, no
running around the tree",
and lastly, loving the christmas season...
this is SO my time of the year....
heehee